HIstory- Nicotine is named after the plant nicotiana tabacum. Tobacco was named after a french ambassador who sent tobacco seeds from Brazil to Paris. He sent them to serve as medicine. Nicotine was first isolated from tobacco plants in 1882 by german chemists Posselt and Reimann. They thought the nicotine was a poison.
Melting Point- -79 degrees Celsius
Boiling Point-249 degrees Celsius
Density- 101g/cm³
Nicotine is very addictive. Thats why people become addicted to cigarettes and can not stop because they feel like they need the nicotine.
Nicotine
Formula-C10H14N2
Molar mass-162.26g/mol
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine
Common use- Cigarettes
nicotine
HIstory- Nicotine is named after the plant nicotiana tabacum. Tobacco was named after a french ambassador who sent tobacco seeds from Brazil to Paris. He sent them to serve as medicine. Nicotine was first isolated from tobacco plants in 1882 by german chemists Posselt and Reimann. They thought the nicotine was a poison.
Melting Point- -79 degrees Celsius
Boiling Point-249 degrees Celsius
Density- 101g/cm³
Nicotine is very addictive. Thats why people become addicted to cigarettes and can not stop because they feel like they need the nicotine.
Nicotine is found in tobacco. It is abstracted out of the tobacco and controlled that way.
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/nicotine-dependence/DS00307
Properties__
Insecticide.
Citation
"nicotine". wikipedia. 11-16-09 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine>.Mayo Clinic Staff, "nicotine dependence". mayo clinic. 11-16-09 <http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/nicotine-dependence/DS00307>.
"Structure and properties of nicotine". Bris. 11-16-09 <http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/nicotine/E-propriete.html>.